Cardiac memory in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Noninvasive imaging of activation and repolarization before and after catheter ablation

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 907-915

  Ghosh, Subham ^a,b   Rhee, Edward K ^a,e   Avari, Jennifer N ^d   Woodard, Pamela K ^a,c   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b,c,d,f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Cardiac Bioelectricity Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cardiac memory; Electrocardiography; Imaging; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MEMORY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 52049123827     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.781658     Document Type: Article

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